With heavy rain forecast for this afternoon and into the evening, I took Ted for a walk around my local patch before it arrived. And despite the clouds building up all around us, the sun did actually appear for a short period and with it a few "white" butterflies.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Chiffchaff
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
3 Large White Pieris brassicae
4 Small White Pieris rapae
1 Green-veined White Pieris napi
2 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Moths Recorded:
10+ Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella
..............well they are back again and in good numbers as well, with a second brood for this year. More on this moth here.
3 Large White Pieris brassicae
4 Small White Pieris rapae
1 Green-veined White Pieris napi
2 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Those veins are very striking on this Green-veined White Pieris napi
And a Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria taking shelter before the rain arrives.
10+ Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella
Having seen many Rush Veneers Nomophila noctuella.........................
..................a few months ago and then they all disappeared.............
Bees Recorded:
2 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
20+ Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
3 Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
1 Ichneumon Wasp
20+ Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
A Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum on Buddleia Buddleja davidii
3 Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
1 Ichneumon Wasp
An Ichneumon Wasp sp.
1 Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
4 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
1 Common Banded Hoverfly Syrphus ribesii
3 Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
Flesh Fly Sarcophaga sp.
A Common Banded Hoverfly Syrphus ribesii
A Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax on Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Many unidentified flies
Flesh Fly Sarcophaga sp.
A Flesh Fly Sarcophaga sp.
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
A Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
Garden Snail Cornu aspersa
A Garden Snail Cornu aspersa
Spiders Recorded:
2 Garden Spider Araneus diadematus
2 Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi
A Garden Spider Araneus diadematus
And the second Wasp Spider complete with all her legs.
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Ivy Hedera helix
Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Wild Fennel Foeniculum vulgare
Scarlet Firethorn Pyracantha coccinea
Scarlet Firethorn Pyracantha coccinea
Ted certainly likes this cooler weather. I've never seen him move so fast!!